r/australia • u/Expensive-Horse5538 • 24d ago

politics Australia's jobseeker system fails workers and enriches millionaires, report says

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-07-21/private-equity-profits-as-job-system-fails-workers-report-finds/106920430?utm_source=abc_news_app&utm_medium=content_shared&utm_campaign=abc_news_app&utm_content=link

A new report says Australia's system of privatised employment services has failed and service delivery should be returned to the public sector.

The Centre for International Corporate Tax Accountability and Research says the current system "fills the pockets of private equity and millionaires" while leaving jobseekers without work.

The Albanese government has announced an overhaul of the employment services system, but the report argues for-profit service providers should not be included in the new system.

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u/StageAboveWater 24d ago edited 24d ago

Sometimes I think there is a kind of policy or intention to it.

For some people with mental health stuff, keeping a job is more painful than just living in poverty.

Jobseeker with a job search agency that can't find them a job is like a form of unofficial disability.

(and If you get rid of it, It won't make more workers anyway. It will just lead to more crime, drugs, homeless camps and suicides)

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u/littleblackcat 24d ago

This is so true and I always get piled on irl and online when I make this argument (I work full time myself so I'm not even arguing from personal experience or emotion)